cockcrow
Who acts: Cockcrow, cock, She, farmer · What happens: be, crow, wake, rise, pick up · To what, where: early morning time, them, cockcrow, pears
«cockcrow» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: cockcrow in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Cockcrow is the early morning time when the cock (rooster) first crows, at dawn.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cockcrow | cockcrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 time | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 time | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 time | det |
| 4 | early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 time | amod |
| 5 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 time | compound |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 14 crows | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 cock | det |
| 9 | cock | cock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 crows | nsubj |
| 10 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 11 rooster | punct |
| 11 | rooster | rooster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cock | appos |
| 12 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 11 rooster | punct |
| 13 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 14 crows | amod |
| 14 | crows | crow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 time | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 dawn | punct |
| 16 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 dawn | case |
| 17 | dawn | dawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 crows | conj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 time | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Cockcrow | the early morning time | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | crow | the cock | tree rules |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Example 1
She woke them early, at cockcrow.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 woke | nsubj |
| 2 | woke | wake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 woke | obj |
| 4 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 woke | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 cockcrow | punct |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 cockcrow | case |
| 7 | cockcrow | cockcrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 woke | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 woke | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wake | past | She | them = they | cockcrow | early property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
Example 2
The farmer rose at cockcrow.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 farmer | det |
| 2 | farmer | farmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rose | nsubj |
| 3 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 cockcrow | case |
| 5 | cockcrow | cockcrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rose | obl |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 rose | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rise | past | the farmer | cockcrow | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at cockcrow=Location |
Example 3
She picked up pears till cockcrow.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 picked | nsubj |
| 2 | picked | pick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 picked | compound:prt |
| 4 | pears | pear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 picked | obj |
| 5 | till | till | ADP | _ | 6 cockcrow | case |
| 6 | cockcrow | cockcrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 picked | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 picked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick up | past | She | pears | till cockcrow | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pear=Topic |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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